Political Quotes

“I want to thank the Senator for the recitation of ``Green Eggs and Ham.'' That is as good as I have heard. I loved the different voices in it. One of my favorites was ``Hand, Hand, Finger, Thumb'' by Dr. Seuss. And another one was ``Hop on Pop.'' I think all of those could have related to the messages here. They might even be simple enough that we could get the message across. I appreciate all the passion and preparation the Senator has put into explaining this and his careful way with words. We are on a continuing resolution, and I don't know that people out there understand what continuing resolution is. It means that we failed to do our job on time--that we should have had 12 appropriations bills, one at a time, and been able to go through them with some care. I think maybe the Senator would agree that perhaps if we had done that, when we got to Health and Human Services we might have had the issue on the individual items of defunding ObamaCare. Had we had those individual ones, I think some of those would have passed and it wouldn't have had to have been an all-or-nothing as we have now. Would the Senator agree that doing it this way, particularly if we have no debate and no amendments, would be the wrong way, and that all we are doing is delaying some more decisions a little further down the road that again should have been covered by appropriations in a very timely manner?…”